Eagles Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

An Eagles quiz has a twist few bands do: the lead vocal keeps changing hands. Guess the Eagles song from harmony hits like 'Hotel California', 'Take It Easy', 'Life in the Fast Lane' and 'Desperado', then test your trivia by matching each voice to its member, from Don Henley to Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner on 'Take It to the Limit' and Timothy B. Schmit on 'I Can't Tell You Why'. The final trap is solo hits like 'The Boys of Summer' that aren't Eagles. See how well you really know the Eagles.

Main genreRock (country rock, soft rock)

Active1971 to 1980, reunions from 1994 (1970s)

Best-known songs to guessHotel California, Take It Easy, Desperado, Life in the Fast Lane, Take It to the Limit

Deep cuts fans missThe Last Resort, Wasted Time, Doolin-Dalton, Try and Love Again, After the Thrill Is Gone

Eras in the quizEarly-70s country rock, the mid-70s Hotel California peak, plus the members' 80s solo hits

MembersGlenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Bernie Leadon (later Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit)

Who sings leadTraded off: Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh

Related artistsFleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John

Quiz difficultyEasy on the hits, hard on whose voice and which are solo

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Name as many tracks as you can from short audio clips. The faster you answer, the more you score.

10 questions4 answers each

Guess the Eagles Song and Its Singer

The Eagles' biggest songs arrive wrapped in harmony, so 'Hotel California', 'Take It Easy' and 'Life in the Fast Lane' give themselves away quickly. The catch is clocking which member is out front on the lead vocal.

Hotel California

Take It Easy

Desperado

Life in the Fast Lane

Take It to the Limit

The Last Resort

Wasted Time

Doolin-Dalton

Eagles Trivia: Beyond the Harmonies

The details behind the band play like a round of their own: a lead singer who fronted hits from the drum kit, a debut single a neighbor helped write, one of the best-selling albums ever made. What a superfan has ready.

✦Don Henley sang lead on 'Hotel California' from behind the drum kit, part of why the Eagles could hand lead vocals around so easily.

✦'Take It Easy', the band's debut single, was co-written by Glenn Frey and his neighbor Jackson Browne, who had started the song but could not finish it.

✦Joe Walsh was already a solo star with 'Rocky Mountain Way' and the James Gang when he joined the Eagles in 1975 for the Hotel California album.

✦The compilation Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) is one of the best-selling albums in United States history.

✦After Don Henley joked the band would reunite only when hell froze over, their 1994 comeback tour and live album were named Hell Freezes Over.

How Well Do You Know Eagles' Voices

An Eagles quiz is really about voices. Start with the harmony hits everyone knows, then match each lead to the right member, dig into the album cuts, and finish by telling the band's songs from the members' solo careers.

The hits the whole world can name

These are the free points on any Eagles quiz. 'Hotel California', 'Take It Easy', 'Desperado' and 'Life in the Fast Lane' are so familiar that most players name them from the opening bars, harmonies and all. Bank these early, because the round gets trickier from here.

Whose voice is this?

Now the twist. Don Henley fronts 'Hotel California' and 'One of These Nights', Glenn Frey takes 'Take It Easy' and 'New Kid in Town', Randy Meisner reaches the falsetto on 'Take It to the Limit', and Timothy B. Schmit sings 'I Can't Tell You Why'. Matching the voice to the member is where fans pull ahead.

The album cuts fans miss

Past the singles, the separators are the album tracks. The seven-minute 'The Last Resort', the ache of 'Wasted Time', the country lilt of 'Doolin-Dalton' and the deep cut 'Try and Love Again' catch out anyone who only knows the radio hits.

Eagles song, or solo hit?

Here is the trap unique to the Eagles. Don Henley's 'The Boys of Summer', Glenn Frey's 'The Heat Is On' and Joe Walsh's 'Life's Been Good' are solo hits, not Eagles songs, yet a short clip fools players constantly. Sorting the band from the solo careers is the final test.

Eagles Quiz FAQ

How well do you know the Eagles?

Play an Eagles quiz on Songtrivia and find out. Guess the song from a short clip and answer trivia about the band and its members. Eight out of ten is a strong score; naming every lead singer is what sets the superfans apart.

Which Eagles songs are in the quiz?

Expect the classics like 'Hotel California', 'Take It Easy', 'Desperado' and 'Take It to the Limit', plus deeper cuts such as 'The Last Resort' and 'Wasted Time' in the harder rounds.

How hard is the Eagles quiz?

The big hits are easy points, but the Eagles shared lead vocals between several members, and Henley, Frey and Walsh all had solo hits, so the quiz gets tricky when you must name the singer or spot a solo track.

Which Eagle sings lead on which song?

It varies song to song. Don Henley leads 'Hotel California', Glenn Frey sings 'Take It Easy', Randy Meisner reaches the falsetto on 'Take It to the Limit', and Timothy B. Schmit takes 'I Can't Tell You Why'. That rotation is half the fun.

Who are the members of the Eagles?

The founders were Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner, formed in Los Angeles in 1971. Don Felder, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit joined later, with Henley and Frey handling most lead vocals.

Is the Eagles quiz free?

Yes. Every Eagles quiz on Songtrivia is free to play, with no signup and no account needed. Pick one and press play.

📚 Sources & methodology

Sources consulted

Wikipedia · AllMusic · Pitchfork · Billboard · Songtrivia editorial team.

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